[meteorite-list] Bollide question

[GeoZay at aol.com]

Well...I'll try to take a stab at it and see  where it goes. First I wish I 
knew about what day of the year it was. That could  give some clues as 
perhaps what shower it might have belonged to. The observer  described a meteor 
that was probably of comet origin. the very fast velocity  describes this. 
To the best of my knowledge, there's been no cometary meteorites  yet found 
or known to have hit the ground. I suppose its not an impossibility  though. 
He also states that the meteor "went over the mountains". This tells me  
that the meteor was at least a hundred or two miles away at that point. This  
also tells me that the meteor never got close enuf to the observer, so that 
he  could feel any heat. As for it roaring very loudly. I kinda doubt this 
for the  same reasons. It was certainly too high up for sound to reach the 
ground when it  was at its nearest to the observer. As for feeling a pressure 
force ripple thru  his body...I kinda doubt this too. If he was close enuf to 
see it incandescent  and also feel some kind of pressure force, I'd think 
his life was in great  danger at that moment. Sounds like a nearby impact was 
imminent, yet it cleared  the mountains on the horizon. Those statements 
seem to counter each other. As  for the apparent reported diameter of 2 to 6 
feet, I don't know how those  dimensions were derived at. No doubt an 
exciting event,  but I kinda think  grandpa might have embellished the story a tad 
bit. 
GeoZay